Diagnosis of FNH: Comparison of
Gd-EOB-DTPA with Gd-BOPTA, Preliminary Results from a Multicentric US Study.

1Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 2Duke University, Durham,
NC, United States; 3Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC,
United States

In this study, we report preliminary results from a US
multicentric study, comparing qualitatively and quantitatively Gd-EOB-DTPA and
Gd-BOPTA for diagnosis of FNH. 23 FNHs were assessed in 11 preliminary
patients. Lesion conspicuity was equivalent for both contrast agents at all
phases. Quantitative enhancement was significantly higher at the arterial and
portal venous phases for Gd-BOPTA, and higher at the hepatobiliary phase for
Gd-EOB-DTPA. These preliminary results indicate advantage for BOPTA at the
dynamic phase, and advantage for EOB at the hepatobiliary phase.